Stress-change-stress-progess.

Something like that.

This change is for sure bringing about stress. But is was also preceded by many years of stress that prompted the change. That stress - the kind that eventually results in  a change, the change-provoking  stress - was longer, deeper, more diffuse, almost undetectable because it was basically a way of life. This stress - the kind that is a result of  a change,  the change-provoked  stress - is acute, unnerving, volatile, and thankfully relatively short lived.

We're in the throws of it right now, with a taste of the past-present-future all palatable at once. Fortunately, we can already see the future improvement this change will provide financially and emotionally. That sustains us in the present stressful midst of this chaos. And I guess there's still just enough bitter left in the bittersweet-ness of it all to remind us that this change really is necessary. Casting away the doubts that creep in the crazy moments...

Yes, it is worth it, yes, this is the way. As long as we're moving towards progress, March Forth.